diff --git a/posts/inside-rust/2023-08-25-leadership-initiatives.md b/posts/inside-rust/2023-08-25-leadership-initiatives.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..929283a74 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/inside-rust/2023-08-25-leadership-initiatives.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Seeking help for initial Leadership Council initiatives" +author: Mark Rousskov +team: the leadership council +--- + +Having not heard any significant disagreement with the first set of [proposed priorities], +we are moving ahead with forming subgroups that will work towards defining and +completing the work needed to drive these forward. We plan to re-assess +priorities regularly, but for now these are our main work items (in no +particular order). We have some initial volunteers who will be pushing these +initiatives forward, but for all of these we are also looking for support from +any interested people. Please reach out on Zulip in [#council][#council] if +you'd like to help out with any of these in some capacity, or to the initial +volunteers called out here. + +* Establishing plans for how to strengthen the moderation team (i.e., 2 is not a sustainable number) and strengthen moderation policies. + * [Josh Gould](https://github.com/technetos) is leading, with support from [Eric Holk](https://github.com/eholk). Their top priority is finding additional moderators and forming a contingent moderator team. +* Figuring out the "shape" of the Rust Project. The Leadership Council needs to reflect the will of the Rust Project so it is important to know who that includes. + * [Eric Huss](https://github.com/ehuss) is leading, with support from [Jack Huey](https://github.com/jackh726). They're working on defining the initial set of priorities here now. +* Documenting and improving processes for interaction with the Rust Foundation including formalising the role of project directors in this process (the trademark policy process may be part of this). + * We are looking for someone to help lead this initiative, with support from [Mark Rousskov](https://github.com/Mark-Simulacrum/) and [Ryan Levick](https://github.com/rylev), two of the current project directors. One of the proposed first concrete deliverables might be working towards a path forward on the trademark issue, using that as a stepping stone to defining broader policies. We're intentionally looking for someone *not* directly involved previously to help give an outside perspective as the lead. + +Please reach out if you're interested in helping! + +[#council]: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/392734-council +[proposed priorities]: https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2023/07/25/leadership-council-update.html